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Coronet Peak, where Zoe Gapper (Member 44,230) spotted this corona optical effect, is a 1,650-metre (5,410-foot) mountain overlooking Queenstown, New Zealand. Its name likely comes from the shape of the rocks at its summit that resemble a crown. Likewise, for the optical effect. The corona name for the concentric rings of iridescent colour that appear as sunlight diffracts, or scatters, around very small droplets or ice crystals in a cloud like this Cirrocumulus comes the Latin for a ‘garland’ or ‘crown’. In other words, Zoe picked a good place to spot a corona